Front Line Friday #3: Stop Buying Gimmicks—Buy Time
Hemorrhage control isn’t about looking tactical. It’s about buying minutes until definitive care arrives—and sustaining the skills to make those minutes count.
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The RPK: The Soviet Choice of Commonality Over Capability
In the mid-1950s, the Soviet high command accepted a compromise that would shape frontline infantry small arms for decades: prioritizing platform commonality over dedicated squad-level suppressive fire capability. That decision, formalized with the 1959 adoption of an AK-derived automatic rifle, ...
The RPD - Soviet Union’s First Squad Automatic Weapon
In the years after World War II, the Soviet military asked a simple question: how could an infantry squad bring a higher volume of automatic fire without surrendering mobility? A lesson they learned from the Eastern Front, where volume of fire was king. The answer, in part, was the RPD; this ligh...
My 10mm vs. Mountain Lion
As a full-time fly fishing guide, I’m often on the mountain scouting multiple fishing spots every morning and evening. It was a beautiful, warm evening in June when I decided to make the long trek to one of my favorite spots. This spot is a hike-in lake, about a mile and a half each way Read Mo...
ANALYSIS: No Tears for Struggling ‘Legacy Media’ Which Abandoned 2A
When was the last time anyone read a pro-Second Amendment editorial, representing the newspaper’s position, in the WaPo...which told its readers that “shall not be infringed” means exactly what it says?
TFB Behind the Gun #204: A Fresh SHOT Show Perspective
Have you ever wondered what the SHOT Show is like through fresh eyes? Return guests Kevin and Bryce from The Carry Handle Podcast just made their debut on the show floor, and they’ve got stories to tell. Tune in this week as these SHOT Show virgins unpack their first-time experience, the st...
Governors’ Forum at 2026 SHOT Show | VIDEO
The Seven Red state governors at the 2026 SHOT Show Governors Forum had strong opinions and thoughts for restoring Second Amendment rights and protecting the firearms industry from lawfare.
Fudd Friday: Seven Decades Of The Savage 110
When you ask people what the greatest classic American bolt-action hunting rifle is, you’ll probably hear most people talking about the Remington Model 700 or the Winchester Model 70, with maybe some chatter about Weatherby’s rifles or Springfield-based sporters. But I think the Savag...
Front Line Friday #1: The Reality Between Policy and Pavement
A weekly look at duty-grade gear, training, and decisions that have to work on your worst day—not just photograph well on someone else’s best day.
The Filibuster, Senate Power, and the Second Amendment
If the Senate Republicans eliminate the filibuster, they open the door to passing more of President Trump's agenda.